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60 Seconds, parsecs, whatever it’s called. That’s all the time they had.
All six of these colorful, unique, and quite unlucky Astro citizens had 60 seconds to leave Earth before the nuke dropped on America.
Those damn Reds. They must’ve been desperate.
Everyone gathered everything they could; soups, communications, a med kit, a sock puppet (for whatever reason), all that important stuff. The team even managed to snag a ray gun. Nice!
The six crew members crammed into an escape pod, and escaped just in time to watch America get nuked. God… this isn’t good. They’re stranded in space and can’t go back until the radiation had passed.. that could take days! Months! YEARS!!!
Okay, let’s not panic, after all, me and you aren’t in this story. Third person limited, remember?
This is about the crew.
The first few days were.. awkward. Not much to talk about since the six people were literally in SPACE, and America had literally been NUKED. Thankfully, the crew could talk enough to appoint a captain.
Maegan was made captain. Deedee would’ve offered if she wasn’t too caffeinated and stressed to have more weight on her shoulders. April would’ve loved to be captain, but she’d never have time to tinker. Baby and Tom sorta explain themselves. And Emmet didn’t really want a position of power, wanting to keep to himself.
Honestly, Maegan was a great choice! Motherly, sure, but perfect for the role!
A few weeks went by and everyone relaxed just a tad, but not all the way. Aliens had attacked the ship multiple times, Space communists showed up to attack, robots even came by! And they were all violent, careless of the six Astro citizen’s lives.
A full month had now passed. Time went by slowly, sometimes quick, but slow for the most part.
Little did the crew mates know, a simple knock on the door would change their lives forever.